North Carolina human trafficking sting leads to arrests of Autumn Beal, Gregory Sterling, Alicia Halstead
The FBI and Hagerstown Police Department charged three people during a human-trafficking sting that was conducted Tuesday at hotels in the city. Hagerstown police said in a news release that the undercover operation More...
Florida Sheriff Grady Judd to church: ‘reality is there is human trafficking in Polk County’
Florida’s Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd brought a serious message about human trafficking Sunday to the First United Methodist Church in Auburndale, calling for more active participation in the battle against More...
Sexual exploitation activists attack HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ ‘their use of the pornography and prostitution’ as entertainment
The final episode of the first season of HBO’s new show, The Deuce, will air Sunday night, bringing to a close, for now, yet another HBO series that profits off of the sexual exploitation of women. “HBO’s More...
Cornelius Wells, Oshay Small arrested for child sex trafficking in Texas, Arizona
Police have arrested two men accused of child sex trafficking multiple victims in Arizona and Texas. Oshay Small Mesa police detailed how Oshay Small, 24, and 21-year-old Cornelius Wells were arrested near Metro More...
Ohio: Akron couple, Darren Townsend and Pearl Coffey indicted on human trafficking charges
An Akron couple was indicted Friday on several human trafficking charges, authorities said. Darren Townsend, 37, and Pearl Coffey, 34, are charged with multiple counts of compelling prostitution, trafficking in More...
Los Angeles human trafficking task force rescues three ‘commercially sexually exploited children’ arresting 36
From Compton comes news that a multi-agency human trafficking operation has arrested three dozen and rescued three girls this week. L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies worked undercover as part of a Los Angeles More...
Texas human trafficking bust leads to 37 arrests linked to soliciting underage children online
Texas law enforcement officials have arrested 37 people in and around Midland County as part of an ongoing investigation into human trafficking. The Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigation Division of More...
Human trafficking ring: Quinton Brown, Gerald Lavell Turner, Mia McNeil charged with sex trafficking, pimping, identity theft
Three people have been charged with pimping eight teens for commercial sex work in a ring that operated in California, Nevada and Texas, authorities said Thursday. The teens, between 15 and 17, were lured into More...
Eight UAE Princesses convicted in human trafficking sting linked to Belgium hotel
Eight Emirati princesses were convicted of human trafficking by a Belgian court on Friday and were given suspended jail terms and fines in a case stemming from their treatment of servants at a Brussels luxury hotel More...
FBI arrest Cornelius Lykes, aka Premo Finesse in human trafficking ring all along east coast
A Greenville, South Carolina man is accused of promoting prostitution, facilitating prostitution activity in locations throughout the East Coast and faces several charges including human trafficking by force, fraud More...
Sex trafficking expert: Google financing ‘sex trafficking website’, calls for ban on Backpage
A new report shows that Google is financially backing legal efforts defending a sex trafficking website and opposing legal reform that could benefit thousands of sex trafficking victims. How is Google doing this? More...
New reports reveals human trafficking problem in Billings Montana
In a new article published on Billings Gazette, the law enforcement and FBI efforts in Montana have resulted in spotlighting the growing and serious problem in Montana communities: human trafficking. Linking human More...
Waco, Texas investigation uncovers human trafficking ring, 16 China women victims
A local investigation uncovered an international human trafficking ring that has victimized about 16 Chinese women, McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said. The human trafficking investigation in the Waco More...
The Color of Sex Trafficking
A Statement on Race, Class, and Sex Trafficking in the Nation’s Capital In the past month, the media has exploded with stories of the thousands of missing children reported each year to the police in Washington, More...
FBI busts Georgia human trafficking, sex slave ring, Kenndric Roberts charged with over 12 felonies
The Federal Bureau of Investigation believes there could be more victims of a man accused of holding women against their will in a million-dollar Sandy Springs home in Georgia. Identified as Kenndric Roberts, the More...
Ohio: Lerenzo White, Justice White, Justin White indicted after human trafficking arrest
A federal grand jury has indicted a Columbus man with five counts of human trafficking. Lerenzo White, 30, who operates under nicknames “Justice” and “Justin,” is accused of trafficking More...
Pennsylvania: Nathaniel Pagan now charge with human trafficking after prostitute talks
A Reading man who was arrested in a prostitution sting organized by a Spring Township detective last month faces new charges including human trafficking. Nathaniel E.R. Pagan has now been linked to a new investigation More...
Houston: Delanny Malveaux, Dorran Gillespie arrested in human trafficking crackdown
Ahead of the Super Bowl Houston police and state troopers were cracking down on prostitution and human trafficking in the area as several people arrested. Two men, Delanny Malveaux and Dorran Gillespie, were More...
#TackleDemand attempts to target sex trafficking at Super Bowl with message ‘don’t buy sex’
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is launching a new awareness campaign with over 20 partners to target demand for sex trafficking at the Super Bowl and beyond. “How do you stop sex trafficking More...
South Carolina couple, AJ Simmons, Brittany Taylor face 20 charges of human trafficking of children as young as 12
A South Carolina couple are now facing federal sex trafficking charges after they attempted to recrui two minors for prostitution. Ashford J. Simmons, nicknamed “AJ” is age 27, and Brittany Smith, More...
